Mayo GAA SFC final quickfire questions: Neil Douglas (Castlebar)
The Mayo GAA senior football championship final will go ahead in Hastings Insurance MacHale Park on Sunday. We have asked Castlebar Mitchels forward Neil Douglas for a few quickfire questions ahead of the clash with Garrymore
Age: 36
From: Pontoon Rd. Castlebar.
Occupation: Fire Fighter.
Your mood right now in three words? Happy, Content, and positive.
Best thing about being your age? Very little, takes about 3 days to recover after training/games and half the team were in nappies when you started playing Senior football.
Best thing about being from your town/village? Our GAA club, brings all ages together, and full of great characters and stories.
Favourite sportsperson? Mohammed Salah.
Why? Watching him last 9 years become one of the greats of the premier League.
What’s your guilty pleasure TV show? The Chase
What’s your most prized possession? My little boy, Oscar.
One old match you’d love to watch back? All Ireland Semi Final 2015 v Crossmaglen.
Funniest team-mate? Why? Conor Stenson, always in the thick of it.
Celebrity you’d most like to hang out with? why? Pep Guardiola, just to talk football.
Favourite post-match meal? Pizza, all day.
If you had to sing a song, what would it be? Something from Christy Moore.
Last book you read? Game of Thrones Series.
Thing that makes you nervous? Marking a speed merchant
Favourite other sporting team? Why? Iv supported Liverpool all my life.
Best advice you ever got? Believe in yourself, do everything to the best of your ability.
Last time you cried? Mayo winning the All Ireland gave me a lump in the throat.
Any superstitions? Not superstitious, but I believe in fate.
What winning the final would mean in three words? Satisfaction, delight, and joy.